NØEO (AAØAW)

NØEO (my name is Neo) will once again activate 14 Northern Counties for the 2Ø19 MnQP.. Aitkin, Itasca, Cass, Hubbard, Beltrami, Polk, Mahnomen, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall, Kittson, Roseau, Lake Of The Woods, and Koochiching. In that order with 2 activations in Polk. Mostly CW but will also try SSB if there is any interest.

Looking forward to giving these counties out to those that can hear us.

I've been tweaking my route to squeeze a bit more operating time. I'll pass on Carver at the start and eliminate driving across McLeod. That will buy me an extra ten minutes later.

A new ripple for 2019: I will start in MCL on 80M CW and let 20M warmup. I'll then move to 20M Phone for most of the day. If 20m dies at the end of the contest, I'll go back to 80M CW. Frequencies will be 3.552 and 14.252. 100 watts to a hamstick.

WO9B & KD9CVA

This is our first run at this route so we have no solid plan regarding timing. This will be a CW only operation focusing on 40M & 20M. Will go to 80M as the sun progresses into the west. The team consists of Mike, WO9B, and Matt, KD9CVA. Looking forward to making a bunch of QSO's.

73, Mike WO9B & Matt KD9CVA

WØZQ

Because of the great activity this year, I am changing my previously announced route in order to focus more on those counties that I have never operated from before. My new route, probably in this order, is Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Mille Lacs, Benton, Morrison, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Carton, Pine, and if time allows Kanabec, all on 20, 40 & 80m CW. I may sneak in some SSB while driving, tbd.

Looks like its going to warm up just in time for us too. Mobiles, drive safely !

W9FZ & KA9VVQ

Planned route: See below

Janice and I have had a ball getting on for MNQP and activating 5 to 8 counties each year on 20m phone.

My employer (and my lack of seniority in my seat) is making it tough to make plans to be on this year.

At worst, we won't be on the air at all. Next best is we will activate 5 counties (Washington, Ramsey, Hennepin, Carver, and McLeod) and have dinner at V's Café (all-you-can-eat Broasted Chicken) in Winstead.

Best of all would be to activate Itasca, Aitkin, Carlton, Pine, and Kanebec as "new" counties for us.

If I'm not already on a trip flying for Delta, I'll have to be within 1 hour of the airport--it just depends on when my on-call eligibility would start.

So this will be a Friday evening decision-- or possibly even Saturday.

73 Bruce W9FZ and Janice KA9VVQ

NUØW & KCØMKS

Pull up your hip waders! Not necessarily because of the snow... The dynamic duo of Gary NU0W and Jeff KC0MKS will be back on the road again in the Woolly Mammoth. Look for us on APRS as NU0W-9... We will be resonating on 20m, 40m, 80m and 160m SSB somewhere close to the appointed frequencies and times

Craig KCØDMF, Frank NØSFF and Kevin NØXWJ are excited to be doing MNQP again this year. We have a personal goal to operate from all 87 counties in Minnesota (we currently have 86, missing only Wright county). We've listed our approximate route but we will likely change things on the fly. So pay special attention to this mobile station as we cover the middle and SW counties.

WØWX (WØZDT & KCØLMX)

Barry (KCØLMX) and myself (WØZDT) will be operating mobile again this year for the MN QSO Party.

We will be following a pattern similar to what we've done in years past, dubbed the "Laughing Pig" route. We plan on operating 40m SSB until around 11am, and then switching over to 20m SSB. APRS beacon will be WØZDT.

KØSIX & NØXT

N0XT Jack and myself K0SIX Vince will be operating SSB only in a route that will travel through 10 unique counties. We may operate in Sherburne county again at the end, time permitting. I would assume we will be starting out on 40m ssb, then 20m ssb, finishing with 40m ssb and possibly 75m ssb at the end.

Check back here as MNQP nears for mobile announcements.

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